After reading endless posts on Facebook dwarfing Twitter daily, including Techcrunch today, this lesser distributed article about Twitter in the classroom from InsideHigerEd prognosticates the power of Twitter over Facebook for creative use in classrooms.
Specifically, as students get more savvy with Twitter, one can imagine professors creating a hashtag for commenting during their class.
The overriding [...]
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will Teen use skyrocket on Twitter? yes, in class
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, People, Real-Time Web, Trends, Twitter Content
Is Twitter down? Yes or No
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, Resources
There’s a very simple site to find out if Twitter is down (or if it’s just you).
istwitterdown.com
Simple, no ads, just a yes or a no. Great.
Super Cool Graphic: History of Twitter
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles
Awesome graphic on the history of Twitter, micro-blogging, etc. Credit goes to Manolith for the image.
Techmeme: Blog of News Blogs
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Blogs, News
Techmeme is an uber-blog that summaries the news of tech blogs, and also has links to cross coverage of the original stories. Generally a good place to check on lastest news, what’s popular. Within Techmeme itself, other good links are the River which lists news stories in reverse chronological order as they come in (a [...]
Mashable: Social Media Blog
June 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blogs
Mashable is a blog and guide to social media. It has tons of Twitter info, which includes their own content lists for social media plus news. It’s cool, packed with interesting information, very surfable and well organized.
You can follow CEO Pete Cashmore on Twitter @mashable.
Bit.ly: URL Shortener
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · URL Shorteners
Bit.ly is by far the best URL shortener. Easy to use and app-integrated, eg in TweetDeck. One of the niftier features URL tracking - both personal and overall traffic to your link. As soon as you shorten a URL, you get a sense of how popular that link is on bit.ly, which [...]
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Twitter Fan Wiki: Resource
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Dictionaries / Twexicon, Resources
The Twitter Fan Wiki is a terrific resource for apps, sites, and informational things associated with Twitter. It was created and is managed by @ChrisMessina, an open web advocate. It’s a bit “techie” in that it assumes readers understand the difference between and app and a mashup. All and all, it’s very extensive and has [...]
Twitscoop: Directory and Web App
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Apps, Directories
Twitscoop is the #1 mashup of Twitter which tracks “buzzing” popular topics in a real-time tag cloud. The tag cloud adjusts constantly. Nice name, good interface, not as easy as a desktop app or Twitter itself for tweeting. Gets 30k uniques a month, via Quantcast.
Twitscoop got a very positive writeup in Techcrunch [...]
WeFollow: Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Top Twitterers
WeFollow was created by Kevin Rose, social media entrepreneur and founder of Digg. It tracks both tags and users for a good snapshot of what’s going on at Twitter. Clean design, and it gives a clear understanding of where the Twitter traffic is now, which is following celebrities, tv, social media and business. I like [...]
What The Trend: Hashtag Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Hashtags
WhatTheTrend is a simple and neat Twitter directory that lists and defines what the top hashtags and discussion subjects are on Twitter at the moment. It also explains why the topic is trending. WhatTheTrend wouldn’t be the be-and-end-all directory, but it’s astondingly helpful when you are trying to decode a hashtag like #ChuckMeMondays. [...]